Tagged early years

In episode #002 Dr Sam Baars talks to George Duoblys. They ask do faith schools perpetuate social social segregation? Is focusing on white working class boys helpful? Do Ofsted’s gradings for nurseries really measure the right things? Key points Early years: Kids who go to ‘outstanding’ nurseries don’t necessarily do better than those who don’t when they get …

If we don’t get the Early Years right, it’s not just a question of lost time, it’s a question of brain development: all the phonics flashcards in the world can’t rewind what happens in those crucial years. That’s why as an ex-early years teacher, I was hugely excited to read ‘Lighting up Young Brains,’ a …

Having an eight-month old baby snoozing on your lap while you read education news gives you a whole new perspective. “Ready to Read”, a brilliant new report from the “Read on, Get on” coalition has managed to make me feel both reassured and anxious. According to the report, I’m right to force her to read …

A new “baseline test” will soon be introduced for four year olds in England. From 2016, children will take a short test in the first six weeks of starting school so that everybody knows what their starting point is and so the DfE can have some accurate numbers with which to hold schools to account for …

Here are Anna’s tweets from earlier summarising the key points and recommendations from the Policy Exchange report: Quality Childcare: Improving early years childcare’. She has focused particularly on provision for disadvantaged children. [